# Eddystone-URL: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/eddystone-url

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Retail, proximity and IoT marketing](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/retail-proximity-and-iot-marketing/index.md) | 0% | 155 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Google Nearby Notifications and Eddystone-URL were shut down years ago." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proximity)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Eddystone-URL, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- beaconzone.co.uk: 1
- diatomenterprises.com: 1
- epic.org: 1
- ftc.gov: 1
- legal500.com: 1
- medium.com: 1
- paraduxmedia.com: 1
- privacy.ucdavis.edu: 1
- proskauer.com: 1
- thinkproxi.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://beaconzone.co.uk/blog/is-beacon-outdated: 1
- https://diatomenterprises.com/blog/beacon-technology-benefits: 1
- https://epic.org/ftc-takes-action-against-data-brokers-for-selling-sensitive-location-data: 1
- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-ban-kochava-subsidiary-selling-sensitive-location-data-settle-charges-they-sold-location-data: 1
- https://legal500.com/intelligence/united-states/privacy/ftc-keeps-sights-on-data-brokers-that-sell-sensitive-location-sites: 1
- https://medium.com/@EmpyrInc/attribution-failures-the-rise-fall-of-beacon-technology-afb47e11f83f: 1
- https://paraduxmedia.com/facebook-rolls-bluetooth-beacons-small-businesses: 1
- https://privacy.ucdavis.edu/news/privacy-location-data-driven-market: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.